A box of Hol-Grain crackers at the Konriko Company Store, New Iberia, LA

We are starting to have some real success with our new Hol Grain Taco Mix at the Distributor and Retailer level. My wife and I have been making the food show circuit, with several more to go this spring and summer, showing and sampling this great tasting Taco Mix.

Our Hol Grain Taco Mix is truly unique as it is CERTIFIED Gluten Free and the only one VERIFIED NON GMO. It is also Star K Kosher, oh; did I mention how good it tastes, too?

Our new Hol Grain Taco Mix really completed our line of Chili and Fajita mixes and we are very proud of their success thus far.

I would like to take this opportunity to mention that Conrad Rice Mill, Inc., the oldest operating Rice Mill in America (103 years old), is completely dedicated to making Certified Gluten Free and Non-GMO Verified products. Everything we make under our KONRIKO and HOL GRAIN labels, even our QUIGG's Yellow Rice is Gluten Free and Non-GMO Verified.

Long ago we elected to make quality, good tasting products for families who must cook and prepare meals, every day, for gluten sensitive folks and for the rest of the family who may not be gluten sensitive. It would have been much easier to make trendy snack food items, but we are not in this business for a quick buck. We take the long view of making quality, competitive items that give your family the most benefits for your hard earned dollars. I guess our 103 year old tradition of hard work and quality products has been our guiding star on all this. All I know is it just feels right to us and we will continue on our road forward.

Thanks to you and your loyal support the road forward looks pretty good.

If you order here, on our secure website, have a 10% discount on the Taco, Fajita and Chili Mixes for the Month of March 2015. Also please look for us in your favorite Natural Food Store and ask them to carry more of our Hol Grain and KONRIKO brand products.

When I was a much younger fellow, the old timers told me, "Mike, if you don't change with the times, you'll get left behind." I smiled and nodded in agreement, but frankly, in my youthful mind set, I didn't get the impact of what they were telling me. Today, if the subject of change comes up, I now tell the young ones, "The only advice I can give you in your business and personal lives is whatever you're doing today will change in the future". Nothing much stays the same, but change gets harder to accept as we age. We refuse to get left behind here at America's Oldest Operating Rice Mill. We continue to change our operation to encompass what change is good and to continue in our traditional methods of operation, where the old ways are still the best ways. We're now the only Certified Gluten Free food manufacturer and the only Non-GMO Project Verified operation in Louisiana. These good changes reflect our consumers desire to know what's in their food and to be able to trust the makers of their food. You can trust our brands to be made only from natural, wholesome, top quality ingredients. All are Certified Gluten Free and to be Non-GMO Verified. So, YES, we believe in change, but we also hold fast to our traditional ways of doing things until someone can show us a better way.